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WGP guy2 
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 Topic: Supersonic ElevatorPosted: 03 January 2010 at 7:17pm |
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"The world's tallest buildings feature elevators that travel 100-miles a minute"
http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/wor...ldings?slide=1  |
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Posted: 03 January 2010 at 7:23pm |
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Yeah, I really doubt they go 6000mph. That would be fantastic though.
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Posted: 03 January 2010 at 7:46pm |
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100 miles a minute, 40 miles an hour, same thing.
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Posted: 03 January 2010 at 10:08pm |
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What a ridiculously ugly building.
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Posted: 03 January 2010 at 11:34pm |
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I doubt it travels at mach 7, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was gold-plated or diamond studded or something, with the way Dubai wastes money.
They're driving themselves into bankruptcy spending money like this. They have no concept of sound investment, they just spend money because they can. Edited by Brian Fellows - 03 January 2010 at 11:34pm |
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Posted: 03 January 2010 at 11:45pm |
I've seen it. It's pretty awesome.
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Posted: 04 January 2010 at 11:26am |
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I've been up it. The lifts weren't that fast :)
I wonder what G load Mach 7 would produce? It is an awsome building though. KBK |
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Posted: 04 January 2010 at 11:29am |
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Thats pretty nutz. I would never go in it though. Its bad enough that when I go to my moms work I have to walk up 23 floors because their elevator goes so fast it makes me almost puke.
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Posted: 04 January 2010 at 11:34am |
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I would not want to work in that building especially at the top. I think I was watching a history or discovery channel special on this building saying the design was to brush the wind off so it doesn't cause it to sway like crazy.
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Posted: 04 January 2010 at 11:46am |
Stopping would be fun because it would produce like 1800G. |
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Posted: 04 January 2010 at 11:51am |
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Posted: 04 January 2010 at 11:56am |
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It's missing something....I'm thinking a giant flaming eyeball
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Posted: 04 January 2010 at 12:00pm |
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Eville, that's pretty sweet.
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Posted: 04 January 2010 at 12:46pm |
Assuming the best case scenario, the elevator would reach its top speed, 2682m/s, exactly halfway up at 414 meters. The acceleration would be 8688 m/s^2 or 886 times the acceleration of gravity. You would be a pile of mush on the floor. If you accelerated that much through the distance of the building and let the elevator shoot out the top, it would go to over 700km altitude. |
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Posted: 04 January 2010 at 5:15pm |
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Sounds like a helluva time.
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